Darrel “George C. Scott is the best Scrooge” Plant
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Sen. Huey Long proposed his “Share Our Wealth” plan in 1934, limiting incomes and accumulated wealth, and guaranteed basic income. He was assassinated in 1935.
“The same mill that grinds out the extra rich is the same mill that will grind out the extra poor…”
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“The same mill that grinds out the extra rich is the same mill that will grind out the extra poor…”
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maintaining the fiction that cbs news would remain relatively objective under her leadership was a *lot* more important — to the admin, to cbs news, to david ellison and to bari weiss — than killing this story was, and it’s incredibly funny she didn’t know that
the shitstorm that’s already brewing because of Bari’s decision to spike this story is going to end up being vastly more damaging to her and to the admin than allowing the story to air would have been
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
she’s an evil propagandist hack but she is also very bad at doing it in a way that isn’t hamfisted
December 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
maintaining the fiction that cbs news would remain relatively objective under her leadership was a *lot* more important — to the admin, to cbs news, to david ellison and to bari weiss — than killing this story was, and it’s incredibly funny she didn’t know that
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Funny thinking about the inevitable "Reasonable Centrist Bari Weiss Persecuted By Leftist Cabal" pieces we're gonna see from certain outlets over this.
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Funny thinking about the inevitable "Reasonable Centrist Bari Weiss Persecuted By Leftist Cabal" pieces we're gonna see from certain outlets over this.
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Seems worth noting at this point that Weiss's internal critics at the Times were correct and her many apologists among elite pundits were wrong
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Seems worth noting at this point that Weiss's internal critics at the Times were correct and her many apologists among elite pundits were wrong
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As CBS News falls apart please admire this marble bust of Bari Weiss that is installed at the fake unaccredited university she co-founded with Joe Lonsdale.
Their U. of Austin is reportedly also falling apart, with faculty leaving and enrollment crashing, so we shall see where the bust ends up.
Their U. of Austin is reportedly also falling apart, with faculty leaving and enrollment crashing, so we shall see where the bust ends up.
December 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
As CBS News falls apart please admire this marble bust of Bari Weiss that is installed at the fake unaccredited university she co-founded with Joe Lonsdale.
Their U. of Austin is reportedly also falling apart, with faculty leaving and enrollment crashing, so we shall see where the bust ends up.
Their U. of Austin is reportedly also falling apart, with faculty leaving and enrollment crashing, so we shall see where the bust ends up.
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In case you need to hear it from someone who was raised Hindu: Usha is not a hostage, she is an accomplice. She is culpable. Fuck her and the fascists she colludes with. May she go down with all of them. As Zohran ably demonstrates, our communities do not aspire to whiteness & don’t seek to appease.
Vance's latest rant has set off another misguided round of "free Usha" rhetoric. This isn't just inaccurate--she's wholly a part of this fascist project--it's dangerous. We can no longer afford to imagine fascism as smaller than it is. Hindu fascism is vast, too. No religion is immune.
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
In case you need to hear it from someone who was raised Hindu: Usha is not a hostage, she is an accomplice. She is culpable. Fuck her and the fascists she colludes with. May she go down with all of them. As Zohran ably demonstrates, our communities do not aspire to whiteness & don’t seek to appease.
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A reminder: Bari Weiss signed the Harper's Letter.
Where those Harper’s Letter folks at
December 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A reminder: Bari Weiss signed the Harper's Letter.
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I know that everyone is like “oh the whole point of this is to destroy CBS, they actually want to run it into the ground” and I’m sure plenty of folks will be happy if they do
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I know that everyone is like “oh the whole point of this is to destroy CBS, they actually want to run it into the ground” and I’m sure plenty of folks will be happy if they do
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
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What once was largely limited to Stormfront and the fever swamps of the internet just a few years ago is now accepted discourse from the White House.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What once was largely limited to Stormfront and the fever swamps of the internet just a few years ago is now accepted discourse from the White House.
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Let's remember that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, who is happy to try to overturn Greenland's democracy for Trump in 2025, was also happy to try to overturn US democracy for Trump in 2020. Rotten people are consistently rotten. 1/
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Let's remember that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, who is happy to try to overturn Greenland's democracy for Trump in 2025, was also happy to try to overturn US democracy for Trump in 2020. Rotten people are consistently rotten. 1/
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She will kill future pieces for political reasons. And this very public spike was done intentionally as a signal to the staff and to the industry to expect it.
Yep. If I were in her position, I would’ve let this one slide since it was so far along and then killed future pieces before they got off the ground. Nobody’s writing NYT articles about stuff that doesn’t get past the brainstorming stage.
I suspect that what's gonna happen is Bari Weiss will be quietly sidelined (if not fired) but the descent of CBS News into conservative propaganda will continue under whoever runs it next all the same because that's what the owner of the network wants.
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
She will kill future pieces for political reasons. And this very public spike was done intentionally as a signal to the staff and to the industry to expect it.
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Vance's latest rant has set off another misguided round of "free Usha" rhetoric. This isn't just inaccurate--she's wholly a part of this fascist project--it's dangerous. We can no longer afford to imagine fascism as smaller than it is. Hindu fascism is vast, too. No religion is immune.
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Vance's latest rant has set off another misguided round of "free Usha" rhetoric. This isn't just inaccurate--she's wholly a part of this fascist project--it's dangerous. We can no longer afford to imagine fascism as smaller than it is. Hindu fascism is vast, too. No religion is immune.
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Curious about what in the self-loathing is going on with Usha Vance to be married to a man who so openly seems to resent that she isn’t white. She’s where she wants to be but I sure want to know what pathology allows that.
December 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Curious about what in the self-loathing is going on with Usha Vance to be married to a man who so openly seems to resent that she isn’t white. She’s where she wants to be but I sure want to know what pathology allows that.
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guys bari lost glem
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
guys bari lost glem
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you know, it now strikes me as lucky that she never learned anything after age 19, because she has the instincts of wile e coyote using an acme corporation anvil
I promised myself no Wari Beiss discourse anymore because life is so short but
imagine failing upwards into ever-more power and influence your whole life despite not having learned one new thing since you were 19
imagine failing upwards into ever-more power and influence your whole life despite not having learned one new thing since you were 19
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
you know, it now strikes me as lucky that she never learned anything after age 19, because she has the instincts of wile e coyote using an acme corporation anvil
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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Where those Harper’s Letter folks at
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Where those Harper’s Letter folks at
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The double lmao here is: "Ms. Weiss provided contact information for Mr. Miller to the '60 Minutes' staff."
Yeah, the network TV news people just had no way of getting in touch with him. That must have been it.
Yeah, the network TV news people just had no way of getting in touch with him. That must have been it.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The double lmao here is: "Ms. Weiss provided contact information for Mr. Miller to the '60 Minutes' staff."
Yeah, the network TV news people just had no way of getting in touch with him. That must have been it.
Yeah, the network TV news people just had no way of getting in touch with him. That must have been it.
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lmao
"One of Ms. Weiss’s suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff...In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and [DHS]."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"One of Ms. Weiss’s suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff...In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and [DHS]."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
lmao
"One of Ms. Weiss’s suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff...In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and [DHS]."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"One of Ms. Weiss’s suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff...In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and [DHS]."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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This is what they're not showing us, despite the fact they say it's urgent.
December 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is what they're not showing us, despite the fact they say it's urgent.
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This email from Sharyn Alfonsi to her colleagues after Bari Weiss killed their @60minutes.bsky.social piece on CECOT is powerful and worth a full read. (h/t @yasharali.bsky.social)
BREAKING: 60 Minutes Correspondent Says Trump Story Was Spiked For Political Reasons
In an email to her colleagues, Sharyn Alfonsi said that CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss spiked a story about the Trump administration and El Salvador prisons for political reasons.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This email from Sharyn Alfonsi to her colleagues after Bari Weiss killed their @60minutes.bsky.social piece on CECOT is powerful and worth a full read. (h/t @yasharali.bsky.social)
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Just an update: if you decided to bet against Bari Weiss, you can collect your payout now.
Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
www.theatlantic.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Just an update: if you decided to bet against Bari Weiss, you can collect your payout now.
Listening to @harryshearer.bsky.social interview @garymarcus.bsky.social on #LeShow this week about LLMs free-associating words and semantic leakage and I came to the realization that they‘ve basically invented Dennis Miller. #Olestra
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Le Show: Gary Marcus on AI Illusions & Harry’s Holiday Playlist
Harry Shearer talks with AI expert Gary Marcus about why slick-sounding machines aren’t actually smart, then shares a festive Holiday Playlist for the season.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Listening to @harryshearer.bsky.social interview @garymarcus.bsky.social on #LeShow this week about LLMs free-associating words and semantic leakage and I came to the realization that they‘ve basically invented Dennis Miller. #Olestra
harryshearer.com/le-shows/dec...
harryshearer.com/le-shows/dec...